"Before we get to the private and public messages being transmitted, however, a word on what top Republicans actually believe about what has become a deepening crisis for the White House, based on my conversations over the last two days. They are concerned more protests to the bloodshed may beget additional incidents, have little faith in DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and, from a raw political standpoint, worry the party has squandered the best issues it had when voters were otherwise frustrated with the cost of living: the border and public order."
"Immigration, broadly, as one veteran senator granted anonymity to speak candidly told me over the weekend, is for the GOP what health care is for Democrats - a "home game." Yet with viral images of Americans being shot in broad daylight replacing migrants stampeding across the country's border, that advantage is quickly dissipating."
Greg Bovino has been asked to absent himself and his Hail, Hail Hailstone! outerwear from Minneapolis, and Tom Homan has been brought to town. The president has moved to make nicer public overtures toward Mayor Jacob Frey and Governor Tim Walz after widely visible daytime shootings of nurses and mothers. Kristi Noem faces mounting political pressure and even criticism about Stephen Miller's standing. Slim Republican congressional majorities are growing more fragile as party leaders worry protests and bloodshed could spur additional incidents. Viral images of Americans being shot are eroding the GOP's advantage on immigration and public order, leaving allies in Congress scrambling.
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